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gable reaches run for miles across them. The waters of the 

 Delaware Bay and the ocean are within a few miles of a large 

 part of this oak-land domain. 



"The advantages of an old settled and Eastern State, 

 within easy reach of these large markets, of land which is 

 easily tilled and generous and quick in its response to feeding, 

 and at low prices, make them equal to, if not better than, the 

 rich prairie soils of a new West, or the low prices and cheap 

 lands of the abandoned hillsides of New England." 



Wages for unskilled farm labor are about the same as for 

 New York twenty to twenty-five dollars per month. The 

 canning and fruit industries make room for a large number of 

 people in the late summer and fall, who may thus, by taking 

 a temporary place, find some permanent location where 

 they may improve their health and fortunes. 



"Delaware also offers unequalled opportunities to immi- 

 grants. It is ideally situated on the Atlantic Ocean and the 

 Delaware Bay, and is penetrated by numerous creeks and 

 rivers. 



"The railroad, steam, and electric facilities of the State 

 are developing steadily year by year, while every section of 

 the State possesses easily navigable streams, with vessels 

 for carrying freight and passengers. 



" Over fifteen millions of people live within a radius of three 

 hundred miles ; the large majority reside in cities and towns 

 and furnish the finest markets in the world. Within five 

 hundred miles are more than one third of the people of all 

 North America. 



"Wilmington is a city of seventy-five thousand people, is 

 growing rapidly, and is becoming a great manufacturing place. 



"These people may be reached in one day by the luscious 

 fruits that grow in Delaware, and every one of them is per- 



